Actually, most women I know hate it when men stink of cologne. There's a medium between "stench of cologne" and "stench of BO", and it's called "bathing."
Anything that results in not having to use Beagle is a win. I hate that piece of shit. A local search apparatus should not delete files under any circumstances.
"I wonder if this is related to the PayPal emails I've been receiving recently regarding suspicious activity on my account..." "... I could possibly not have to re-enable my account every other day when PayPal's automated fraud detection system finds something amiss with my account..."
"Jesus saved me from my past. He can save you as well."
Apparently Jesus couldn't save you from an elementary phishing scam. Might want to call up the Big Guy and check on your coverage.
Yes, let's. The Nazis came to power on a strong anti-communist platform. Their early theme could be characterized as "protect Germany from the evil Bolsheviks!" Before long, this turned into "protect Germany from the evil Jews and their lackeys the Bolsheviks!"
The only time that any part of Germany was ever under a Communist government -- and only in name -- was after the war, when the Soviet Union subjugated the east.
That's just absurd rhetoric. It actually is quite evocative of how "native" Anglo-Saxon Americans responded to the immigration of Irish, Russians, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and the like in the last century or so.
The Mexican government is not sending armed soldiers to conquer land and subjugate the US populace. Characterizing immigration as an "attack" is blatantly false.
This is not 1776. The chance of a neighbor attacking the United States is exactly nil, because we're worth more to Canada and Mexico alive than dead (as well as to most of the world).
But GNU has been successful. It is part of the ever-growing installed base of Linux systems. GNU didn't need Linux any more than Linux needed GNU. But they were joined together, and it was successful -- and the FSF deserves a fair share of the credit.
By the way, BSD isn't "POSIX." It's mostly POSIX-compatible (as is GNU), but POSIX itself is based off SysV Unix (as opposed to the BSD-style Unices). BSD was the way it was before POSIX existed.
Fun fact: the name "POSIX" was proposed by none other than Richard M. Stallman.
Popular non-GNU C/C++ compilers? Even the BSDs use GCC. It's the only "popular" free C compiler out there.
The BSD userland is pretty closely tied to the BSD operating system as a whole. It would have been more effort to use them than to use GNU, which came in handy chunks.
My point remains: what GNU provides is much more valuable than what Linux provides. Linux was necessary to complete a free GNU system, but you could still replace almost everything in an existing proprietary Unix system with GNU software. The same is not true of Linux.
Seriously. The options for functional free userland software today are GNU, BSD, and busybox, pretty much. Only the former both existed and was easily usable for use with Linux at the time.
GCC was and is pretty much the only free C compiler. The Linux kernel was written for GCC -- it uses a number of GNU extensions to C.
Between the userland and what GCC provides you need the C library. Again, you have BSD, GNU, and (today) a few others.
GNU was not the only option at the time for Linux, but it was the best. Whether Linus intended to further the FSF philosophy is irrelevant.
Actually, people were using GNU tools long before Linux came around. They were just using them on proprietary platforms.
Without a readily available source of free system software, Linux would have been taking a dive into an empty pool. A kernel is worthless without a system around it, and vice versa. However, the supply of free system software is and was much more limited than the supply of kernels -- and it's easier to install GNU on your SunOS system than Linux on that same system.
Six of one, half dozen of the other. The GIMP model lets you select the tool you want to make a line very quickly. It doesn't have a built-in concept of a "line" as a shape -- it's a shortcut for using a tool over a line.
There's no such convenient way to use a "line tool" to, say, use the Dodge tool over a straight line.
How does the Free Software philosophy encourage taking the fruits of someone's "capitalist labor" (a bizarre turn of phrase)? I've never noticed RMS condoning the illegal use of proprietary software. Instead, he encourages replacing that proprietary software as soon as possible.
How is drawing a straight line a "major headache"? You grab a drawing tool, click once, hold Shift, and click at the end of the line. Hold Ctrl if you need perfect horizontal, diagonal, or vertical lines.
Your entertainment will be taking antacids for your growing ulcer before long.
Reading fiction helps fuel the creative parts of your brain. A human without any creative impetus may be "successful", but in practical terms they're useless. They'll be at best a wealthy entry on a payroll after they die. Maybe their similarly vapid children will inherit a nice house.
The people who risked being a "loser" long enough to understand the creative process by consuming creative works will be the ones who change the world and will be remembered after their deaths.
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Actually, most women I know hate it when men stink of cologne. There's a medium between "stench of cologne" and "stench of BO", and it's called "bathing."
Anything that results in not having to use Beagle is a win. I hate that piece of shit. A local search apparatus should not delete files under any circumstances.
Translation: "I need to resort to wearing perfume to attract sex partners."
Mm-hmm. So the legal right to bear arms will somehow magically prevent an illegitimate government from subverting the Constitution?
Hasn't worked so far. Again: the Constitution does not inherently grant or protect rights. It's just a piece of paper.
If you use mIRC, it stands to reason that you think Chatzilla is "nice".
There is a pretty old but still functional exploit called a blunt object to the eye.
And a paragraph on an old piece of paper has what power, exactly?
It's not a given. You have to keep vigilant and fight if necessary to keep the rights described on that old piece of paper.
AAAAH THE HORRID BLIMP LIPS WILL CARRY ME AWAY
I'd rather fuck a roll of shag carpet than that skank Angelina Jolie.
"I still use fetchmail myself."
That's unfortunate, considering how it's a piece of insecure crap. You might want to consider something that has a modicum of quality.
Denmark? Denmark? And you're calling the GP a moron?
I think you might want to pick up an elementary geography book and study it a little. Or an atlas.
"I wonder if this is related to the PayPal emails I've been receiving recently regarding suspicious activity on my account ..." " ... I could possibly not have to re-enable my account every other day when PayPal's automated fraud detection system finds something amiss with my account ..."
"Jesus saved me from my past. He can save you as well."
Apparently Jesus couldn't save you from an elementary phishing scam. Might want to call up the Big Guy and check on your coverage.
Yes, let's. The Nazis came to power on a strong anti-communist platform. Their early theme could be characterized as "protect Germany from the evil Bolsheviks!" Before long, this turned into "protect Germany from the evil Jews and their lackeys the Bolsheviks!"
The only time that any part of Germany was ever under a Communist government -- and only in name -- was after the war, when the Soviet Union subjugated the east.
That's just absurd rhetoric. It actually is quite evocative of how "native" Anglo-Saxon Americans responded to the immigration of Irish, Russians, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and the like in the last century or so.
The Mexican government is not sending armed soldiers to conquer land and subjugate the US populace. Characterizing immigration as an "attack" is blatantly false.
First of all, feeding the dog is not a good way to get it to eat the corpse -- it wouldn't be hungry!
Also, you'd be better off finding a tinning kit, if you're up to eating tins of homemade rock troll.
This is not 1776. The chance of a neighbor attacking the United States is exactly nil, because we're worth more to Canada and Mexico alive than dead (as well as to most of the world).
Um, Nazi Germany wasn't a communist country.
But GNU has been successful. It is part of the ever-growing installed base of Linux systems. GNU didn't need Linux any more than Linux needed GNU. But they were joined together, and it was successful -- and the FSF deserves a fair share of the credit.
By the way, BSD isn't "POSIX." It's mostly POSIX-compatible (as is GNU), but POSIX itself is based off SysV Unix (as opposed to the BSD-style Unices). BSD was the way it was before POSIX existed.
Fun fact: the name "POSIX" was proposed by none other than Richard M. Stallman.
Popular non-GNU C/C++ compilers? Even the BSDs use GCC. It's the only "popular" free C compiler out there.
The BSD userland is pretty closely tied to the BSD operating system as a whole. It would have been more effort to use them than to use GNU, which came in handy chunks.
My point remains: what GNU provides is much more valuable than what Linux provides. Linux was necessary to complete a free GNU system, but you could still replace almost everything in an existing proprietary Unix system with GNU software. The same is not true of Linux.
Seriously. The options for functional free userland software today are GNU, BSD, and busybox, pretty much. Only the former both existed and was easily usable for use with Linux at the time.
GCC was and is pretty much the only free C compiler. The Linux kernel was written for GCC -- it uses a number of GNU extensions to C.
Between the userland and what GCC provides you need the C library. Again, you have BSD, GNU, and (today) a few others.
GNU was not the only option at the time for Linux, but it was the best. Whether Linus intended to further the FSF philosophy is irrelevant.
Actually, people were using GNU tools long before Linux came around. They were just using them on proprietary platforms.
Without a readily available source of free system software, Linux would have been taking a dive into an empty pool. A kernel is worthless without a system around it, and vice versa. However, the supply of free system software is and was much more limited than the supply of kernels -- and it's easier to install GNU on your SunOS system than Linux on that same system.
Move your mouse to 10:30. Click.
Hold Shift.
Move your mouse to 40:50. Click.
There you go. It can be easier if you have a grid on.
Six of one, half dozen of the other. The GIMP model lets you select the tool you want to make a line very quickly. It doesn't have a built-in concept of a "line" as a shape -- it's a shortcut for using a tool over a line.
There's no such convenient way to use a "line tool" to, say, use the Dodge tool over a straight line.
How does the Free Software philosophy encourage taking the fruits of someone's "capitalist labor" (a bizarre turn of phrase)? I've never noticed RMS condoning the illegal use of proprietary software. Instead, he encourages replacing that proprietary software as soon as possible.
How is drawing a straight line a "major headache"? You grab a drawing tool, click once, hold Shift, and click at the end of the line. Hold Ctrl if you need perfect horizontal, diagonal, or vertical lines.
Use Xnest with another window manager inside it. I used to do that, but newer releases of Ion work better with the GIMP.
Your entertainment will be taking antacids for your growing ulcer before long.
Reading fiction helps fuel the creative parts of your brain. A human without any creative impetus may be "successful", but in practical terms they're useless. They'll be at best a wealthy entry on a payroll after they die. Maybe their similarly vapid children will inherit a nice house.
The people who risked being a "loser" long enough to understand the creative process by consuming creative works will be the ones who change the world and will be remembered after their deaths.